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[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 74 points 22 hours ago

There is a huge difference between a curse word and a slur.

[-] hex@programming.dev 42 points 21 hours ago

Yep, agreed, but these are teenagers. I did not have much foresight as a teenager, either.

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Right, the point is to let them be themselves & correct behaviors that society has decided are useless. Gotta give them the freedom to choose so that you can correct it, same as younger kids.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago

Teenagers today do. I guarantee there are thousands of kids in that school who know better and would never do this. Being young doesn't make you racist

[-] hex@programming.dev -4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

No, but it does make some less educated. Not everyone is online a lot. Plenty of people just hang out with their friends without learning anything. It's very possible they haven't learned why that is so wrong.

[-] Djtecha@lemm.ee 6 points 19 hours ago

Well with the internet I'm sure they now will have an entire life of dealing with those consequences.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 16 points 20 hours ago

Dumb as I was at that age, I can’t imagine agreeing to do something like that or making friends with anyone who would.

[-] hex@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

Because we are not the same type of people they are? They just didn't care as much.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Exactly! They’re racist little bags of shit.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Yup, if you grow up in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, there isn't a lot of racial diversity. So this isn't something they likely have run into in any meaningful sense, so they wouldn't understand just how hurtful it can be.

[-] hex@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

You get it. Thanks

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 21 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, teenagers are often pretty fucking stupid.

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